This file contains a short instruction on how to navigate the reproduction materials for the results in the paper titled 'Why Politicians Won't Apologize: Communication Effects in the Aftermath of Sex Scandals' accepted for publication in the British Journal of Political Science.

The coding scripts were written in R Studio version 4.2.2. The published materials were replicated in March, 2024.

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Navigation of Replication Files:

The paper includes three experimental studies.

For each study, we provide:

(1) a raw data file (in .csv) - with the original coding of the variables and the pre-processed format of the data (e.g. 'study1_replication_raw.csv')

(2) an R script for the processing of the data (recoding of variables, reformatting data, etc.) (e.g. 'study1_replication_dataprep.r')

(3) a data file ready for the analysis (in .csv) (e.g. 'study1_replication_analysis.csv')

(4) codebook for the variables included in the raw dataset and information about the recoding (if relevant) (e.g. 'study1_codebook.txt')

(5) an R script containing the models and visualizations necessary to replicate the regressions and figures in the manuscript and the supplementary material (e.g. 'study1_replication_analysis.r')

The code snippets are commented within the analysis R scripts in correspondence to which Table/Figure they reproduce in the paper/supplementary files (e.g. Table S6.1)

Packages used for the analysis and visualization are pre-loaded in the beginning of the scripts.

Extra comments are provided to explain coding steps.





